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Adobe Workfront vs Asana comparison

 

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Executive SummaryUpdated on Dec 19, 2024

Review summaries and opinions

We asked business professionals to review the solutions they use. Here are some excerpts of what they said:
 

ROI

Sentiment score
5.9
Adobe Workfront boosts productivity by 250%, enhancing efficiency, collaboration, and justifying investment despite challenging precise ROI tracking.
Sentiment score
6.6
Organizations improved productivity and saved time with Asana, but ROI varied when combined with other tools.
However, due to its pricing, I need to be careful about adding each user and feature.
 

Customer Service

Sentiment score
7.1
Adobe Workfront support is generally positive but variable, with quick responses for most, yet delays for complex issues.
Sentiment score
6.1
Asana's support is generally praised but receives mixed reviews for responsiveness, community resources, and technical support effectiveness.
They provide answers and guidance on how to resolve issues, such as clearing cookies and cache, and assist in best practice configuration and optimization of the platform.
If L5 does not understand, it moves to L4. If they can't solve it, it moves to a higher level.
The technical support is of high quality.
 

Scalability Issues

Sentiment score
6.9
Adobe Workfront scales globally, handling complexity and data, favored by larger enterprises, though costs and admin efforts increase.
Sentiment score
6.9
Asana is scalable for small to medium teams, but challenges and costs arise with larger implementations and complex projects.
 

Stability Issues

Sentiment score
6.9
Adobe Workfront is generally stable, with minimal downtime; occasional bugs occur, but issues are resolved promptly, with varied stability.
Sentiment score
8.0
Asana is considered reliable with few issues, though occasional outages occur; users appreciate its real-time status updates.
Adobe Workfront provides a stable foundation for project management.
I have not faced any challenges with the stability of Adobe Workfront.
There is no data loss, indicating good reliability with Adobe Workfront.
Asana is quite stable; it is a tool I can trust.
 

Room For Improvement

Adobe Workfront needs better reporting, interface flexibility, third-party integration, customization options, and faster updates to improve user experience.
Asana users seek improved usability, better integration, enhanced features, and scalability to address interface and workflow challenges.
We can enhance integrations, such as ensuring Adobe Workfront integrates more seamlessly with other Adobe products like Experience Manager and Creative Cloud.
Integration with Azure DevOps could be improved to facilitate better communication between the two systems.
The performance needs to be smoother, and there is room for improvement in Data Connect while writing queries and integrating with other analysis tools.
It would be easier if I could assign tasks directly from my email without needing to open Asana.
It would be beneficial to have a native option for Asana to create tickets so we could move away from our main ticketing tool.
 

Setup Cost

Adobe Workfront offers costly, scalable enterprise solutions, with flexible licenses and discounts, enhancing service and morale for large teams.
Asana's pricing offers free and paid tiers with enhanced features, perceived as competitively priced against rivals like Microsoft Project.
This can include items such as mileage, supplies, software, licenses, and travel costs.
To add one user is expensive, which makes me cautious about upgrading or adding more users.
 

Valuable Features

Adobe Workfront offers customizable templates, intuitive interfaces, and secure integrations, enhancing collaboration, project tracking, and decision-making efficiency.
Asana offers intuitive task tracking, customizable templates, and multiple views for efficient project management with robust collaboration and integrations.
The most valuable feature of Adobe Workfront that I have found is the external lookup.
The system aids in supporting demand management and producing high-level status reports.
Users can create and customize workflows to fit specific team processes and project requirements, automating tasks and streamlining approvals.
Asana's automation allows me to automate deadlines and send notifications to the right people about approaching deadlines.
Asana provides automation because we receive these updates the moment they happen without anyone needing to tell us they completed tasks or moved on to others.
 

Categories and Ranking

Adobe Workfront
Ranking in Project Management Software
11th
Average Rating
8.2
Reviews Sentiment
6.7
Number of Reviews
38
Ranking in other categories
Digital Asset Management (2nd)
Asana
Ranking in Project Management Software
2nd
Average Rating
8.2
Reviews Sentiment
7.0
Number of Reviews
49
Ranking in other categories
No ranking in other categories
 

Mindshare comparison

As of August 2025, in the Project Management Software category, the mindshare of Adobe Workfront is 3.1%, down from 4.3% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of Asana is 5.3%, down from 9.9% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.
Project Management Software
 

Featured Reviews

Graham Sprague - PeerSpot reviewer
Centralized task management and simplified creative collaboration but interface is inconsistent
Adobe Workfront could improve its interface, which may benefit from an overhaul for better consistency between the web interface and the API. The current setup was not originally designed API-first, leading to some confusion and differences in available functions. Additionally, the low-code environment in Workfront Fusion is beneficial yet sometimes limiting, and it might be more powerful with enhancements.
Carlos Alas - PeerSpot reviewer
Efficient workflows and real-time updates boost productivity
What I appreciate about Asana is the easy way to get the data we need for the reports because we are moving all our tickets. We are making a copy from our main ticket system to Asana because our main ticket system is not giving us what we are looking for, so we need to process everything in Asana. We get the dashboard and analytical reports, so we can have a summary of what has been done in which department we are working with or helping. We can see how many requests for each department we are having. The easy way to get all the analytics at the end of the month or year is the most important feature, and that's why we are still with Asana. The benefits I see with Asana are the main tools because of the integration this tool has. For example, we are making tickets but receiving requests through email, and we have the integration with Outlook and Google. We have the add-ins, so we are making the ticket on our main system while replying to the mail, and simultaneously taking this mail to complete our ticket for our Asana project. The time we are investing through departments with Asana is valuable because we are receiving requests or updates for projects without investing time in meetings or writing emails. Because of the integration we have, we just create a project and everyone with specific tasks moves on their tasks, and we receive the updates. We created a bot that gives us updates automatically. Asana provides automation because we receive these updates the moment they happen without anyone needing to tell us they completed tasks or moved on to others. Asana's cloud deployment has been beneficial for our remote or hybrid team operations. If someone is onsite and someone is working from home, everyone can work on the same project through automation. The person from home doesn't need to be on an infinite call with management or coworkers. They can work in real time, and once someone completes a prerequisite task from home, the people onsite will know it and get the green flag to continue their assigned tasks. It has benefits for anyone, including personal uses.
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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews
Financial Services Firm
15%
Computer Software Company
9%
Healthcare Company
9%
Retailer
8%
Computer Software Company
12%
Manufacturing Company
9%
Financial Services Firm
8%
Healthcare Company
7%
 

Company Size

By reviewers
Large Enterprise
Midsize Enterprise
Small Business
 

Questions from the Community

What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for Workfront?
Workfront incurs around a hundred thousand plus dollars per year. Licensing is strict, particularly with free accounts, however, it offers flexibility in project access, which could be enhanced fur...
What needs improvement with Workfront?
Integration with Azure DevOps could be improved to facilitate better communication between the two systems. The current report is not providing the expected side-by-side comparison of capabilities,...
What is your primary use case for Workfront?
For my team, we are using Adobe Workfront ( /products/adobe-workfront-reviews ) right now to support demand management, primarily. We also pull some high-level reports on status. From our perspecti...
What do you like most about Asana?
The solution's user interface is very good.
What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for Asana?
The pricing of Asana is slightly high. To add one user is expensive, which makes me cautious about upgrading or adding more users.
What needs improvement with Asana?
The capacity planning in Asana is working pretty decently, but there are some opportunities there for sorting, such as determining which project has the highest resources, as their sorting doesn't ...
 

Comparisons

 

Also Known As

AtTask, Workfront DAM
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